Two Notes OPUS | Amp & Cab Simulator

[@RossDaviesTwoNotes]

Thanks for the great vid RJ! Ross from Two notes here guys, if there is anything you need answering that RJ hasn't covered, hit me up!

[@Paul-D]

Will this be compatible with the new genome software launching next year? Or will it always be on torpedo remote - if so will that carry on being current? Very close to buying just dont want it to fall of the radar within 6 months of release

[@RJRonquillo]

Thanks Ross!

[@TwoNotestv]

@@Paul-D It will be compatible with both applications although GENOME integration will be a little different to the Torpedo Remote integration you can see today. Rest assured, Torpedo Remote will remain our long-standing application for control, preset management and cabinet transfer!

[@TwoNotestv]

@@adamcorvinelli Although both units share a similar chassis, on the inside it is a very different story. In short, OPUS is an end-to-end tone shaping Amp Simulator and DynIR™ Engine whereas C.A.B. M+ is a DynIR™ Engine that also features a single Clean B’man Inspired Preamp. OPUS builds upon the C.A.B. M+ specification, adding the following features: An all-new blackout colourway 5 pristine TSM™ Preamp emulations; 10 total slots for future Preamp models via free Firmware Updates MIDI input for seamless assimilation into existing set-ups; MIDI breakout cable included USB-C connectivity for future-proofed rapid data transfer A collection of 40+ premier Acoustic Impulse Responses A revised DynIR cabinet collection 40+ artist-series presets from the likes of Pete Thorn, Michael Neilsen, Jack Gardiner, Tom Quayle, Adam Steel, John Browne, Jay Leonard J and more Dual Mono routing facilities: Simply define a terminus in OPUS’ DSP signal chain and you’re set to send two distinct signals from the DI (XLR) and LINE (1/4-inch TRS) outputs Various performance improvements and workflow enhancements It cant be used connected directly to a Speaker cabinet, although it can be placed between your amp head and cab as a direct to desk solution. Let us know if you have any more questions concerning this

[@giovanniinvito3576]

Hi, i have purchased some months ago the cab m+... is there any chance to give us a software update? i would also pay for this! Thank you

[@OscarBenben]

Sounds amazingly terrific !!!!

[@patricklong9227]

Bought this over the weekend. I’ve been using gojira neural dsp for the longest time, because my amp is too loud. I have a Marshall half-stack and the rock crusher attenuator. But by sending a line signal from my rock crusher to the opus. Just using the Marty 18E ret IR feeding through Marshall pre, using my Marshall OD. It sounds fking killer! It’s amazing, no complaints. And That’s also using monitor headphones.

[@Unusednickname_1970]

I’m planning to eventually buy this based on my experience with the CAB M+. Such a great product, and reasonably priced.

[@kmohlal4876]

That was an awesome video RJ!! Thank you very much as your explanation and video demo really opened my eyes to a lot of options to programming this for live use in a compact yet complete rig.

[@JackJD]

Killer demo RJ! Loved it

[@3ildgtr]

Nice device! Awesome review!

[@Jakexx01]

Thanks for posting this. It's definitely, a very informative video! I was wondering how YOU might go about configuring specific amplifiers. I would love to see you create a video showing how and why you might chose specific yet different options within the Opus software to immulate say, a 100 watt Hiwatt through a Hiwatt cab, or a 200 watt Marshall Major. It would be interesting to see and hear the results of putting the Opus through such a real world ordeal. If it wound up sounding realistic, I'm confident that Two Notes might possibly seek your personal input on future designs. Just an perspective I felt you might appreciate.

[@kes7u]

Great video! Just ordered one of these, and this was VERY helpful!

[@Chucksguitargeekery]

I’ve been rocking a seperate load box and Mooer Radar for years now, I think the features in the Opus may finally push me over the edge to update my recording rig…

[@Paul-D]

I ordered one today - My main use case will be purely to have a 'tap' in-between the amp and cab to send a decent XLR out with cab emulation. The preamp modelling is a side added bonus/backup. I think the high noise floor you can hear even when playing would be enough to put me off if I was relying on the device as an all in one. Here's hoping that goes away when the preamp section is off. Hopefully they'll find a way to patch that out with updates over time. Twonotes do have form in supporting products unlike many others - F....R

[@mariagandcompany]

Hey RJ, great product demo. You covered rock genres in depth. I see you had to create your own setting for a Fender amp tone. Any chance you can demo this for other genres? I'm searching for tone settings that are good for the following: Blues, Jazz, Funk, and Reggae. I'm already good at dialing in rock tones. I'm looking to dial in these other genres better.

[@iamleandrino]

many possibilities, nice! thanks for review!

[@carminedemajo4808]

Hi RJ, what’s the feeling under the fingers? What about the interaction with the instrument, the clean up with the volume knob for example? Is it really like playing a real amp?

[@jasonclements2930]

If this had a stereo effects loop or dedicated stereo in/out, I’d sell my HX Stomp and buy this. I use the Stomp for amp/cabs only and put the stereo wet effects from pedals in the stereo effects loop so I can take advantage of the Stomp’s outputs, ie. headphones and usb so I can still get my effects in those outputs.

[@curtisho4539]

good job dude

[@icarusi]

Nifty 50 was the original name of the THD Flexi 50 amp. Andy Marshall demoed a set-up for me, to use an actual KT88 and EL34 as a push-pull pair.

[@tomnottebaere8363]

can't wait for the stereo version!!

[@RPMusicStudios]

Seems like a great product. My only issue is option paralysis. Great for people that want endless tweaking abilities. Bad for people who want to plug and play. Either way bravo to Two Notes for pushing amp cab sim technology forward.

[@deacondeschenes7508]

Awesome video! What pickups are in that gold top Les Paul?

[@codynewman3626]

How much control do you have in the preamp sections? Could you have the “Marshall” setting clean? Or crank the “fender” one?

[@sympathyforthepedal]

This really should have been a firmware upgrade for the CAB M+ it's basically just some extra pre-amp models, remember the CAB M+ already has the bassman, a USB-C port and a better impedance for the DI, oh and it's black..... save your money if you already have a CAB M+ there are better pre-amp models and pedals out there

[@Widdy5150]

Great video RJ & @twonotes How would you connect this 4cm to replace stock amps in the Helix with effects post! 😋

[@tomblankinship4750]

I’ve been looking for a backup/fly rig solution for my Helix. I get mine tomorrow and finally put my old tube amp up for sale :-)

[@darrenosborn7665]

Hey RJ! How does this compare to something like the quality of boss ir-200, tone x or say hx stomp in terms of amp sim quality?

[@MarsGuitarOfficial]

Killer !!! If you make a tweek to a present, say turn the gain down does it save ???

[@ScottGailor]

Did you sneak in some Butch Walker? Automatic sub!!!!

[@123uzuz]

Is that a full send cap?

[@krazyhandskyle]

Okay, I feel stupid for asking. What is a load box? I hear this device has preamps, power section, and cab sims. So what's it missing? I thought cab sims are a load box?

[@els1f]

Your tube amps require (mainly though idk if there are SOME solid state amps that also require) a load in order to both function properly and not like smoke and break things on the inside (transformers, power tubes, etc)😋 As far as your amp is concerned, plugging the power amp to this is like it's not plugged in. A load box acts as if it's plugged into a speaker, dissipating power like the amp expects-no smoke, no fuses blowing. I hope that made sense lol

[@krazyhandskyle]

@els1f I think that does help. So this device doesn't actually have power to a speaker. Like you couldn't plug this into a regular passive guitar cab. But if you had a powered cab, you could.

[@dr.gregoryweisswassernd7251]

Amazing review as always. It seems like this pedal has a lot of hiss. Weirdly noisy on all the demos I’ve heard. Gate helps when not playing but it’s still there when you do.

[@attilabotos3080]

Yes, It definitely has! I had the CAB M+ and it was unbeliveable noisy wich i could not get rid of in any way. The tones of this thing are very harsh as well. Sold it after a few month of struggle.

[@TheChotsaeng]

Thank you for sharing …. Where you put delay pedal with opus two notes?

[@raymonddowling-r7y]

as a portable option as im new to all this effects pedals ect,,,, is it okay just to plug this into a powered speaker?? pa speaker?? and use to practice instead of using big amps??

[@killerfascistmodaftermath4475]

完全にDTM用途だなあ😁 最近はなんでもかんでもアプリありきだなあ❗

[@dukey558]

Wonder the OPUS doing well with my Fender Tone Master Pro via it's loop so that Amp+ Cab sims. except TMP's inherent Fender style sims. be much enhanced?... That is, OPUS is optimized when used with multi-modeller such as Fender TMP, QC,etc.

[@j.b.4867]

I'm more interested in recording, so can you go directly from this pedal into an Apollo Interface?

[@stinky_nut_blast]

That's what it's made for. It's clearly designed as an all purpose homerecording tool. Not saying it can't be used live, but not having a foot switch shows the philosophy.

[@yuliefelice5643]

❤

[@ESP77769]

Can this be used as an audio interface into a DAW as well??

[@johnhajewski1343]

Ok dumb question but the captor x does not do this so i am confirming…. The speaker out signal DOES contain the processed signal including cabs??

[@calebader6695]

I don't think so, I think the speaker out is just a pass through so that you can run a physical cabinet alongside this.

[@joachimlindback]

Wow, is it possible to download that software to the pc and skip the box itself?

[@adamstein9333]

Right!!!????

[@Frenchmelodymaker]

Hey @R.J. Ronquillo does it reacts to guitar volume knob roll off

[@scke3717]

If I wanted to change presets with different songs I’ve got no footswich option? I’m not a midi guy)

[@dv8dv8]

Hi, how could i rig this up with my hx stomp so this device took care of amps and cabs and the stomp does everything else? I run guitar > hx stomp > frfr cab > DI out from cab to FOH, where woukd this fit in the chain?? Thanks!!

[@CSC8393]

Opus Line out to frfr cab and Di out to FOH at the same time.

[@CSC8393]

So just after the HX stomp

[@dv8dv8]

@CSC8393 thanks bud 👍

[@PearHellforge]

6:37 nice heavy face

[@josephestes7076]

How does it respond to volume knob cleanup? Does it take gain pedals well?

[@marrondravine]

I've got thé same cap from Mangobear😁

[@MRxr400]

not stereo output? I didn't feel blown away by the tones.

[@RossDaviesTwoNotes]

Ross from Two notes here - there is not a Stereo output but there is a XLR and a 1/4-inch output. Add to this a dual mono routing option to customise a different signal for the 1/4-inch output and there are great possibilities for integration with Pedalboards. Let me know if there is anything else I can help you with.

[@MRxr400]

@@RossDaviesTwoNotes hey Ross, i love my captor x, the stereo field double track sound is cool direct to desk. just surprised this unit isn't stereo.

[@TwoNotestv]

@@MRxr400 Thanks for getting back to us. Sadly we couldn't fit the double-tracking into the DSP with the launch preamp emulations (and more en-route). However providing you have pedals that can take a line level output, we see a lot of players piping our C.A.B. Series into Stereo pedals before hitting their interface / mixer / FOH

[@BOATIE141]

Usually with alot of these Amp sims I always steer away from them as a metal player but man hearing the “Puppet Master” and Pantera presets blew me away.

[@JOAQUINARMIJO]

Nylon guitar IR?

[@mariagandcompany]

How is it as a direct recording unit?

[@RossDaviesTwoNotes]

Ross from Two notes here! Great question. With the Dual Mono routing option you can pipe a fully processed signal for tracking and a dry DI signal for re-amping at a later stage simultaneously!

[@mariagandcompany]

@@RossDaviesTwoNotesBeen researching this product. Seems most of the presets are rock or hard rock or heavy metal. What about Blues and Jazz presets? Clean presets for funk guitar strumming? Reggae delay preset?Seems lacking for these genres. The demos rarely cover these styles.

[@RossDaviesTwoNotes]

@@mariagandcompany Thanks for getting back to us. There are some great cleans and breakup tones onboard that would be great for Blues and Jazz, plus there's a whole heap of artist presets covering everything from funk to blues! The Foxy and Foundry TSM preamps are perfect for this and creating your own tones is a heck of a lot of fun! I myself by Jazz, Blues and Neo-soul and have had a lot of fun with the 2x12 cabs and these two preamp models!

[@rustymcaron5379]

Hi guys, I've got this just yesterday and I've had a chance to try it just in stand alone mode, connecting it with my headphone, (guitar > opus> headphone) I can say that the sound that came out it is really bad, it is like connecting a pedal/pedalboard straight to the audio interface... the sound is really buzzing, like a mosquito ahahah... Has it happened to any of you? thanks guys, let me know your experience! thanks

[@coopscovers5119]

Any update on this?

[@rustymcaron5379]

@@coopscovers5119 unfortunately i had no replay from anyone... i've tried it via audio interface but always with headphones... and it sounds a little bit better... but so far from what you hear on all of these reviews on KZbin... I'm going to return it back, it is not so quick to get a good tone, in my opinion, and im not a digital-knob-guy... i got this unit to record with my pedalboard (i have a really good built pedalboard) but even the wha sounds shitty... im sorry because i've thought it was a really cool thing to have! It is not for me... my opinion on my experience! 🙂

[@MeTuLHeD]

Nifty 50 is a 5150 style amp.

[@HarryFortyTwo]

Mmmm…. Does sound a bit thin to me; even the 50bucks cube babe seems to sound more massive to me.

[@MoreMeRecording]

Something really odd with the sounds. 09 for e.g. Not happening to my ears.

[@ricopaxton]

1:08 “you can use this as a cabsim with a real amp but you still need a speaker cabinet or a loadbox“. And it says cabsim on the device. I'm no expert at all but I just don't get it. I thought this is an ampsim with a cabsim and therefore I don't need necessarily an amp or speaker cabinet.

[@RJRonquillo]

There are multiple ways to use it, the main one being a standalone amp+cab sim. They give you the option to use a real tube amp with it and only use the cab sims in the device to go direct. But tube amps need a load like a speaker or load box to dissipate the power/heat. The Opus does not do that.

[@ricopaxton]

@@RJRonquillo thx man, you're the best 👍

[@christopheraniol3394]

No effects loop is a deal breaker for me. Bummer.

[@RossDaviesTwoNotes]

Ross from Two notes here - there is no FX loop included in the unit but you can configure the 1/4-inch output for integration with a secondary rig if that helps?

[@hutch5799]

It's difficult to judge for me, because the guitarist here has such a specific style of playing that didn't allow much insight into how more arpeggiated sounds fare. Everything sounded kinda 'strangled' and suffocated to my ears. There wasn't much sustain. On a slightly different point, while the tech is cool, it kills off any utilization of guitar feedback which is a living, breathing element to playing live.

[@flips220]

Preset sounds giving me flashbacks of my old Digitech RP200. Not great.

[@mickd22]

Your audio sync in this video is off

[@HAHb-zc2dp]

Puppet master sounded like crap. What monitors are you using m